Andrea Benvenuti

Andrea Benvenuti ( born December 13, 1969 in Negrar ) is an Italian former athlete. The 1.85 m wide and its competition time 75kg Benvenuti won the 1994 European Championship in the 800 -meter run.

After he had become 1991 Italian Hall Master, to Benvenuti Italian outdoor championship erlief 1992 in the 800 meter race. At the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona Benvenuti met in the flow and in the semifinals to the Kenyans Nixon Kiprotich, who won silver in the final. In the final Benvenuti ran at the end of the field and then sprinted forward. In 1:45,23 minutes he was fifth best Europeans. About six weeks after the final, on 12 September 1992 he presented in Nuoro 2:15,76 minutes that remain in force today Italian 1000 -meter record. (As of 2007 ). His 800 -meter personal best with 1:43,98 minutes he ran in 1992.

At the European Championships in Helsinki in 1994 won Benvenuti and Giuseppe D' Urso his compatriot already in their heats. The first semi-final won ahead of Norway Atle Benvenuti Douglas, in the other semi-final run came the Norwegian Vebjørn Rodal before D' Urso to the finish. In the finale was buggered and then sprinted into the second round. Benvenuti had the finish in 1:46,12 minutes well ahead of Rodal and the Spaniard Tomas de Teresa, while D' Urso was only fifth.

Two years later, Benvenuti reached the semifinals of the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996, there were but. Olympic champion was the European Championship Second Helsinki, Vebjørn Rodal.